Lose 10 Pounds by Valentine's Day!!

I have been MIA since this challenge started. I am recovering from a cold that knocked me down on New Year's Eve, that progressed to bronchitis, and additionally the excess coughing triggered a flair with acid reflux.
I weighed myself today 194 down 2 pounds. I should be happy with a loss, but I know it is due to dehydration and lack of appetite, eating soup, and saltines for about 5 days...very afraid of my weight gain that usually follows after I am sick.
Today was the first day back to eating real food again. Way too many sweets today, way over on calories, though, I still can not resume my cardio workouts without hacking up my left lung. I did some stretching and walking today for 20 minutes. I want to make it up to 30 minutes tommorrow. I have had over 10 cups of fluid today. Tommorrow is a new day. Looks like there has been lots of success already in the challenge. Way to go everyone and keep it up

I have been MIA since this challenge started. I am recovering from a cold that knocked me down on New Year's Eve, that progressed to bronchitis, and additionally the excess coughing triggered a flair with acid reflux.
I weighed myself today 194 down 2 pounds. I should be happy with a loss, but I know it is due to dehydration and lack of appetite, eating soup, and saltines for about 5 days...very afraid of my weight gain that usually follows after I am sick.
Today was the first day back to eating real food again. Way too many sweets today, way over on calories, though, I still can not resume my cardio workouts without hacking up my left lung. I did some stretching and walking today for 20 minutes. I want to make it up to 30 minutes tommorrow. I have had over 10 cups of fluid today. Tommorrow is a new day. Looks like there has been lots of success already in the challenge. Way to go everyone and keep it up

Happy you're feeling better, goldilocks007.

PS... I went from 166 to 146 during Posh's Christmas challenge... from the end of October to Christmas... so 20 lbs in 2 months... Stick with MFP- it works... and is still working for me!!! Good luck everyone!

I am def in!!!!

Current weight: 174lbs.

Good luck y'all and thanks for the challenge !!!

10 Water - 14 cups!
20 Minutes Resistance Training (weights, pushups, etc...you choose, mix and match if you want) - Fail. I did not do this.
30 Minutes Cardio - I did 30 minutes of Just Dance 2.
Under Calories - Under by 151 calories.

Tuesday Challenge: hit all the goals for Tuesday. Yay! Had to go to bed early though to keep from eating in the evening!

WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE:

10 Water -did this already
20 Minutes Resistance Training (weights, pushups, etc...you choose, mix and match if you want)-did a 53 minute cardio sculpt class. It's so fun but can be soooo hard. We do light weights but tons of reps (for example, today we did 100 shoulder raises with 3 lb. weights-my shoulders are crying!) and while we are doing the weights we are doing squats, lunges, and leg lifts. I'm not gonna be able to take the stairs tomorrow. I usually do this class on Mondays and Wednesdays but haven't been in over a month because of my son's surgery and Christmas break.
30 Minutes Cardio-then I went and did a 45 minute spin class!

Under Calories (I hope to be, I burned a ton of caloires and I don't eat all my exercise caloires back, but we are having ribs for dinner)


Posh, thanks for taking care of us!
Angie

Ok girl..... That's it... You are officially MY HERO!! I'm tired and SORE just reading all that you did! Whew... ouch.... Going to the restroom is going to hurt tomorrow!! lol.. I always hated trying to sit down on the toilet after such hard workouts. I would almost just fall onto it!

I AM sore today! My legs are good, but boy my butt hurts and my shoulders are killing me. So all good! finished under calories for the day but I'm a starvin' marvin today so it's gonna be tough.

Thursday Challenge:
Water-no where close, need to up this big time (I've had plenty of coffee though-stuck at a meeting for 3 friggin hours!)
45 Minutes Cardio-done, got in 47 minutes before the meeting -30 minutes elliptical and 17 on the stairmaster (the gym was PACKED-it was raining here this morning and all those New Year's resolution folks had to go somewhere thus the stairmaster)
under calories-don't know yet. I have 1689 to play with today but like I said, I'm hungry!

Bonus: not yet, but the only stuff yet is stuff I don't like so even if I don't get to it yet, no worries on that front. Have a good day everybody! And we had to do takeout Tuesday night because of a school meeting so no going out tonight. We'll have grilled chicken and sauteed squash (can you hear my kids whining yet???) and by the time the 15 year old gets home from a 3 hour swim practice, he has zero desire to go anywhere. Maybe we'll play Jeopardy on the wii though.

I confess I haven't been keeping up with the mini daily challenges. i really must up my water intake! So today Thursday, i am going to guzzle away. logged 55 minutes of cardio today! Cookies and candy are all out of the house! The cheese, chips and crackers, slowly but surely are going away. Happy to say, I'm doing very well with them. I know what a serving is now, and I take only half! I know those lays potato chips aren't the best choice for me, but learning to cut my portions down is a very good step in the right way, and I'm staying under my calories!

Thursdays challenge;

Water -only 4 glasses

Cardio- 50 Min Wii bowling

Under calories. :happy:

I also lost one pound since joining yesterday so yippee!!

Wishing us all good luck :flowerforyou:

SW : 155 lbs or 11 stone
CW : 154 lbs

Would it be too late for me to join this now? I just got an account today and I'm planning on weighing in on Mondays, so this would be a perfect way to make me accountable for not sticking to my plan on weekends...

SW=123 lbs

THURSDAY CHALLENGE:

10 Water Done
45 Minutes Cardio Done 45 mintues walk/sculpt video
Under Calories yep

Bonus: Didn't bring any home, but I made a diet coke choco cake tonight lol TOM craving, will throw it out in the AM though

WEEK 1 RESULTS:::::::::::::::::::::::

Wow guys, 153 members and this weeks combined loss is 95.2!!! Let's Keep it up!!!!

**I am human and I WILL make mistakes during this challenge, if you notice anything out of place plz message me, Thanks**
~Without further adieu; I present 10 Pounds By Valentine's Day Week 1 Spreadsheet::::::::::::::::






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Top Ten:::

1. Lizardbreath06-7.5
2. Snowball65-6
3. BeautifulMe322-5
4. Kc4173-5
5. TattooedMommy4-5
6. Merichick- 4.5
7.Gracefullyjenn-4
8. HeatherBunnell-4
9. Sarah44254-4
10. Clintswifemomof4-3.6

FRIDAY CHALLENGE:

10 Water - No
60 Cardio - Done - 50 min walk, 15 min treadmill, 10 min elliptical, 10 min bike, 5 min row, 5 min stair

Under Calories - Yes!


** Bonus.....I want to go ice skating for V-Day... I haven't been in forever and for some reason this is something I want to do again soon

THURSDAY CHALLENGE:

10 Water - Not quite complete. But I'm not going to bed until I finish. I'm at 9 right now.
45 Minutes Cardio - I only got 20 minutes, but oh well.
Under Calories - Yes!

Bonus: I still have candy in the house, but honestly I don't have trouble with cravings of the candy and feel wasteful just throwing it away. I can easily just eat one piece and call it a day. What I did have to do was throw away the spinach dip I got at Safeway the other day. In the last 6 months I haven't had problems controlling any food intake until that spinach dip. I literally ate so much of it the other night it made me sick. It is now in the trash. And I didn't go bowling.. But I did go to the zoo today with my mom, cousin, and my boyfriend. It was a lot of walking

And wow at the spreadsheet! That's awesome!

Wow, MsSeaShell - you rock! That spreadsheet was impressive!

Can I get in on this challenge? I would LOVE to lose 10 pounds by Valentine's Day! My SW is 215.

Thanks!

Thanks for all your hard work, MrsSeaShell!

THURSDAY CHALLENGE:

10 Water ~DONE
45 Minutes Cardio ~DONE
Under Calories ~DONE

Bonus: You MUST completely rid the house of ANY leftover candies, cookies, etc... ~GONE